Doctor (Squared)

Interesting blog name. Has a thing a thing about Grey's Anatomy. (I would pick Meredith over Izzie too. There's just something about her...) An interesting life with lots of driving and near death experience at 449th mile out of 450 miles.

Doctor (Squared) also has a Virtual Pet on her site. Something I've never seen before. Cute

Ghost World

She (almost) a 4th-year medical student. She like coffee, when people leave her comments, and sleeping 9 hours at a time. She dislike most dogs, watching surgeries, and cold weather. That about covers it, or so it says on her page. Sarah from Ghost World just recently got married. There are interesting points and you can almost relive what she's thinking and going through and it's not think-breath-sleep medicine like some med students.

I guess by the end of 4th year they put you on anti-student pills so the world isn't shocked with what they've done with you once you come out.

DB's Medical Rants

DB's Medical Rants is a collection of rants and philosophical articles on Medicine. Started blogging way back and took inspiration from Medpundit (Which just recently retired (hopefully temporarily) from medical blogging due to time constaints.

An interesting and informative blog and not so comical as the previous one. I encourage for people to spend a minute or two in there.

Ah Yes, Medical School

Every now and then I drop by Ah Yes, Medical school for an interesting read about a Jewish medical student who is constantly on the lookout for attractive Jewish girls (Click link if interested).

He seems to hate anesthesiology and is currently refraining from going mad (although most would probably consider him already lost to the sea of craziness) while doing time at a psych clinic or something like that.

He also took a shot at Grey's Anatomy, a show I like must none-the-less agree that it might be a little too unreal.

Mexico Medstudent

It's been a while since anything happened here. Way too long. Don't know why, I have no excuses. Exams are in 9 or so days here in Białystok but that won't deter me from my ever so humble goal of mainting this blog.

So here's the latest entry in a long time. Mexico Medical Student from all the way in Mexico. Currently in the process of shopping for stuff for a baby, has interesting opinions and posts about...ummm...stuff. I'm sure you'll find it interesting. Give it a lookin'

Sales Pitch for Bialystok

A recent comment asked me to help a person decide between Bialystok and Szczecin Medical Universities.

In my mind, there's ultimately no difference but here are my points for choosing Bialystok:
1. It's in the "Green Lungs of Poland." Very nice surroundings and the climate isn't so close to the Baltic. Nicer.
2. We have newly renovated anatomy, chemistry, and pathology department. (Pathology is like walking into Narnia. Everything is brand-spanking new. There are costant revovations being done.
3. Our level of education is high. The English curriculum is based exactly on the Polish one. 97.3% of our Polish graduates passed the National Polish Medical Exam (LEP).
4. Last year three of our English students achieved high awards in the Golden Scapula Anatomical contest in Warsaw. Link Here.
5. We have an active student body. We're currently organizing a soccer tournament with other Medical Universities in Poland (English divisions)
6. Bialystok Medical University also gets a lot of EU funding due to our location and medical activity in the professional world.
7. We have our own hospital.
8. Our tuition is 9,500 Euro for first year and 8,500 Euro for succeeding years. Cheaper than Szczecin.
9. I'm here, who wouldn't want to study with me? :)

But essentially it falls down to your choice. There is no doubt that Szczecin is also probably a very good medical university and that their education is adequate. You'll become a doctor here and there and you'll be treating patients (hopefully) with the same amount of respect, dignity, and professionalism no matter where you graduate from.

But I for one would not transfer for any reason. I love it here.
Our Student's site (which I made :) ) www.ambenglish.com

An NHS Blog

Although not a "Doctor Blog" nor a Medical Student, I still felt it necessary to include Tom Reynold's (a pseudonym obviously) Blog to our list.

His blog tells the tale of an EMS worker (paramedic) and the day to day struggle with good, bad, and the just plain wierd. Tom is putting out a book which will hopefully soon be published. I myself check this blog every other day, a definite read.

Random Acts of Reality